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Re: [HACKERS] locking change help

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: matti@algonet.se (Mattias Kregert)
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-01-23T14:59:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> 
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > I am trying to change the lock manager so read locks will not be granted
> > if there is a write-lock waiting for a lock.  The following patch helps,
> > but is incomplete.  Can someone figure out the right fix?  I tried
> > putting this code inside LockResolveConflicts(), but that didn't work
> > either.
> 
> Is this to help writers from starving?

Yes.

-- 
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us